"And Orion?" he asked finally, needing to know despite suspecting the answer would make him angrier. "Why did he do all that?"
"Don't think about it too much, the world has all types of people..." Selphira responded with contempt, badly disguised. "The vermin came out days later when the beasts finally dispersed enough for him to move with safety. He'd been hidden in the black barrier the entire time while people died above, protected by his wife's essence while time served his ambitions."
"And when coming out he confessed something to Sirius that I only learned about later. Maybe seeking some type of redemption for guilt that wouldn't let him sleep... Maybe just being stupid in ways only Orion could manage." She shook her head in disgust. "He told him that he'd tried approaching Sirius's side of the potions, the side protected by white barrier after Sirius had left..."
